Bill Text: TX SB717 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the purpose and duties of the Council on Children and Families.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB717 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB717-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 717 |
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relating to the purpose and duties of the Council on Children and | ||
Families. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 531.802, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Council on Children and Families is established to: | ||
(1) coordinate the state's health, education, and | ||
human services systems to ensure that children and families have | ||
access to needed services; | ||
(2) improve coordination and efficiency in state | ||
agencies, advisory councils on issues affecting children, and local | ||
levels of service; | ||
(3) prioritize and mobilize resources for children; | ||
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(4) facilitate an integrated approach to providing | ||
services for children and youth; and | ||
(5) promote the sharing of information regarding | ||
children and their families among state agencies. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 531.803, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The council shall: | ||
(1) analyze the biennial legislative appropriations | ||
requests of members of the council for services provided to | ||
children and their families and identify appropriations that, | ||
through the coordination of members of the council, could be | ||
modified in the next legislative appropriation request to eliminate | ||
waste or increase available services and, not later than May 1 of | ||
each even-numbered year, prepare a report recommending those | ||
modifications for consideration during the development of the next | ||
biennial legislative appropriations request; | ||
(2) investigate opportunities to increase flexible | ||
funding for health, education, and human services provided to | ||
children and their families; | ||
(3) identify methods to remove barriers to local | ||
coordination of health, education, and human services provided to | ||
children and their families; | ||
(4) identify methods to ensure that children and youth | ||
receive appropriate assessment, diagnoses, and intervention | ||
services; | ||
(5) develop methods to prevent unnecessary parental | ||
relinquishment of custody of children; | ||
(6) prioritize assisting children in family settings | ||
rather than institutional settings; [ |
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(7) make recommendations about family involvement in | ||
the provision and planning of health, education, and human services | ||
for a child, including family partner and liaison models; and | ||
(8) identify technological methods to ensure the | ||
efficient and timely transfer of information among state agencies | ||
providing health, education, and human services to children and | ||
their families. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 717 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 717 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |